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meanwhile the big deal pro accused by the president. amid's criticism opposed to an additional revenue. from the "new york times" gop says debt concerns them more than re-election. one fact in the story from robert per. the sheer size of debt as rapid growth have been bold in the house. preempting some of them to pledge not to vote for a higher debt ceiling even a compromise can be reached when the u.s. treasury saying it capped out. since the president took office in january of 2009 during the send. the total federal debt energy including the government has increased 35 percent. while the debt has exploded the economy has remained stagnant and the debt shared in thegpd has also increased. that's from the jump page of the "new york times" also on-line. we'll get next to, ty from kentucky. good morning. caller: good morning. and thank you c-span for offering the citizen of american a platform. i have a million things to say to o to feel free to cut me off. my name is,dy. i'm not a republican or democrat and nor will i ever be. it's 2011
meanwhile the big deal pro accused by the president. amid's criticism opposed to an additional revenue. from the "new york times" gop says debt concerns them more than re-election. one fact in the story from robert per. the sheer size of debt as rapid growth have been bold in the house. preempting some of them to pledge not to vote for a higher debt ceiling even a compromise can be reached when the u.s. treasury saying it capped out. since the president took office in january of 2009...
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big bears. big salmon. i came back at superintendent as mount ranier. i had hawaii, guam and the sierras. i was asked to come back and serve as the 18th director. i went through senate confirmation and have been back here since. >> earlier this year, there was three hikers in yosemite that went through a waterfall and presumed to be dead. what the park system doing to keep them safe? guest: the experience was very tragic. i hate to hear about those things. in our job, we are to inform the public to protect themselves from these hazards. it's really not our job to fence off the hazards of the national park. part of that is part of the experience. to see wild america, at least as much that we can create. in the case of the myrtle falls incident, there is a barrier and signs. unfortunately, these individuals crossed those, entered the water, slipped and went over the falls. it's incredibly tragic. we will renew our efforts to warn the public about these thing. yosemite this time of year would have very, very low water flows. because of all the snow, we got
big bears. big salmon. i came back at superintendent as mount ranier. i had hawaii, guam and the sierras. i was asked to come back and serve as the 18th director. i went through senate confirmation and have been back here since. >> earlier this year, there was three hikers in yosemite that went through a waterfall and presumed to be dead. what the park system doing to keep them safe? guest: the experience was very tragic. i hate to hear about those things. in our job, we are to inform the...
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just the fact that people know your name is a big, big advantage. and so a lot of candidates that want to be president have to spend a lot of time getting that name recognition. >> host: ann arbor, michigan, greg on our democrats line. >> caller: hey, good morning, how are you. >> guest: hi. >> caller: i was listening about special interests taking over government. how is that the alcohol and tobacco commissions be in charge of drug laws. go to our u.s. surgeon general's website, ma'am, 400,000 americans dead last year from tobacco, over 100,000 dead from alcohol, over 150,000 dead from prescription drugs. zero dead from marijuana overdose. how is it that the tobacco lobby can come before congress and complain about marijuana being legal -- >> host: i think you're offtopic and i apologize. let's go to savannah, georgia, barbara, republican line, savannah georgia, you're on. >> caller: ok, thank you. i want to know why would they allow one candidate to opt out and the other one not to opt out? that certainly makes an uneven playing field and that cer
just the fact that people know your name is a big, big advantage. and so a lot of candidates that want to be president have to spend a lot of time getting that name recognition. >> host: ann arbor, michigan, greg on our democrats line. >> caller: hey, good morning, how are you. >> guest: hi. >> caller: i was listening about special interests taking over government. how is that the alcohol and tobacco commissions be in charge of drug laws. go to our u.s. surgeon general's...
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the people like it's mcconnell are there to support big business. whether it is fox news or murdoch or wherever. that is where he thinks he's a support should go, not for the american people. host: you are a republican? caller: i became a republican at oxford university. having seen what i have seen in the past few months in particular, there is no way that republicans will get my vote in the near future. guest: it sounds like you have some interesting things to say. what you said about the consumer bureau consolidating into one place, that is 80% true. it consolidates them into one bureau. there is additional authority that it will have, and that is to supervise and regulate what are called non-bank financial firms. those are financial firms that do not take deposits. payday lenders, mortgage originators, that kind of thing. the principal was very simple. in the run-up to the financial crisis we had essentially what became known as the shadow banking industry. this was the mortgage factories that existed outside the deposit banks that turned up som
the people like it's mcconnell are there to support big business. whether it is fox news or murdoch or wherever. that is where he thinks he's a support should go, not for the american people. host: you are a republican? caller: i became a republican at oxford university. having seen what i have seen in the past few months in particular, there is no way that republicans will get my vote in the near future. guest: it sounds like you have some interesting things to say. what you said about the...
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we do not get the big loopholes. they do. guest: again, i think that comment is reflective of a reality -- and i keep saying this -- that has been up there. it has given us a lot of strength to be able to say, we are going to fight for social security, fight for medicare, fight for the progressive budget to be in the discussion because that is what we are getting back from the american people. we are confident that we are taking their message to d.c. sometimes we will run afoul of our own leadership, our own president in these discussions, but our intent is not to repeat president for our leadership. our intent is to be independent voices for what we think is the american reality that nobody is talking about. host: congressman grijalva is the co-chair of the caprogressie caucus. we are now or to turn our attention to this issue in the detroit free for us this morning -- in the detroit free press this morning, betty ford. up next is noella rodriguez, who worked several years for laura bush. we will be talking to our about the
we do not get the big loopholes. they do. guest: again, i think that comment is reflective of a reality -- and i keep saying this -- that has been up there. it has given us a lot of strength to be able to say, we are going to fight for social security, fight for medicare, fight for the progressive budget to be in the discussion because that is what we are getting back from the american people. we are confident that we are taking their message to d.c. sometimes we will run afoul of our own...
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i think the stimulus was not big enough. too much of it was not in tax cuts that are not an efficient way to get the economy to grow, and one of the things that was under appreciated about a was a big part of what was doing was helping prevent local governments from laying people off. the stimulus gets far less credit than it deserves. actually did help create and protect jobs, but we need more and more targeted efforts right now to actually create jobs. the ideas you hear being talked about right now -- people are talking about, "what about a corporate tax holiday?" all of these corporations are off shoring hundreds of billions of dollars because they have to pay taxes to bring it back to the u.s. we will let them bring it back at 5 cents on the dollar, and maybe they'll use it to create jobs. they are already sitting on literally billions of dollars in profits that they are not spending. or another payroll tax cut. again, same problem. i do not see how that will create jobs in corporations are already making record profits
i think the stimulus was not big enough. too much of it was not in tax cuts that are not an efficient way to get the economy to grow, and one of the things that was under appreciated about a was a big part of what was doing was helping prevent local governments from laying people off. the stimulus gets far less credit than it deserves. actually did help create and protect jobs, but we need more and more targeted efforts right now to actually create jobs. the ideas you hear being talked about...
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host: a big push from republicans on a balanced-budget amendment. that issue has come back to the forefront in the gop terms. what is your reaction to that, their current mantra? guest: i think the balanced budget amendment might be the worst idea -- would not say ever, but it is pretty terrible. putting a cap on total spending -- i think the house is saying 80% of gdp -- that would cripple government. it would require massive cuts to existing services, up to 70%, but it would -- in the event of recession or war, it would sharply limit what the united states could actually do. i do not imagine -- quick spending for military action -- i do not imagine that happening at all. requiring the 2/3 votes for tax increases would put this in the same situation as california is right now. they are virtually not capable of dealing with their budget problems because it requires a 2/3 majority to pass a tax measure. that has crippled the government. host: conn carroll? guest: do i have to? [laughter] i am not against the balanced budget. i think it is a way to ki
host: a big push from republicans on a balanced-budget amendment. that issue has come back to the forefront in the gop terms. what is your reaction to that, their current mantra? guest: i think the balanced budget amendment might be the worst idea -- would not say ever, but it is pretty terrible. putting a cap on total spending -- i think the house is saying 80% of gdp -- that would cripple government. it would require massive cuts to existing services, up to 70%, but it would -- in the event...
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that is the big issue. the issue that the gentleman makes -- moodys, standard and poor's, and others, that is where those who put their money with us look to see if there is something to be nervous about. nervousness in the business world and the investment world is creating a lot of the issues we have right now. it is the unknown that keeps people from reaching into their surplus money, and deciding whether or not to invest. the nervousness that is created if they should change the rating, they will not drop us to b bonds , i guarantee you, but even if they were to drop bus bounced -- drop us down to double a, there would be feared. fear drives a lot of dangerous thing. host: you're on your way to the conference meeting. what will happen in that room today? guest: i believe we will have presentations about what some of the thinking heads of this country think will happen if the debt ceiling is not increased, but i'm not certain about that. i think we will have discussions about negotiations that have been
that is the big issue. the issue that the gentleman makes -- moodys, standard and poor's, and others, that is where those who put their money with us look to see if there is something to be nervous about. nervousness in the business world and the investment world is creating a lot of the issues we have right now. it is the unknown that keeps people from reaching into their surplus money, and deciding whether or not to invest. the nervousness that is created if they should change the rating,...
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you have the headline here, boehner, a big deal no longer operative. he told house republicans on tuesday -- between what speaker boehner is saying and what minority leader mitch mcconnell is saying, where are the negotiations at this point? guest: the prevailing milled -- mood is pessimism. the negotiations now that the congressional leaders have gone to the white house for three straight days, the of not made a whole lot of progress. each side has retrenched. ideologically, the democrats are leery of making any cuts or changes to entitlement programs without some revenue increases, tax increases. and republicans have been consistently opposed to anything that smacks of tax increases. so you had the mcconnell plan yesterday shaking everything up a bit. it is unclear how viable an option that will be going forward. host: when they get together with the president at the white house this afternoon, what is it that will be on the table? what will they be able to work with on the congressional side and on obama's side? guest: been talking in the last coupl
you have the headline here, boehner, a big deal no longer operative. he told house republicans on tuesday -- between what speaker boehner is saying and what minority leader mitch mcconnell is saying, where are the negotiations at this point? guest: the prevailing milled -- mood is pessimism. the negotiations now that the congressional leaders have gone to the white house for three straight days, the of not made a whole lot of progress. each side has retrenched. ideologically, the democrats are...
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the senate, probably, but the house where there is a big sticking point. they have to come up with something that would clear the house in order to get through congress and become law. that is where they are stuck right now. they will meet thursday at the white house -- republican and democratic leaders together -- and going to try again to talk, but already it sounds like this will be a difficult conversation. yesterday, the speaker of the house john boehner, republican, put out this sort of warning that we could come to the white house and talk -- that is fine -- but it doesn't sound like things will go very far, he said, unless the president understands that republicans are not willing to raise taxes. as i said earlier, the president over the said we need a compromise, we need something that involves both cuts, which is what the republicans want, and ways to raise revenue. >> have democrats compromised on the hold medicare cuts issue? guest: right now there -- what to do with medicare and medicaid. i know the republicans said they want to raise the age
the senate, probably, but the house where there is a big sticking point. they have to come up with something that would clear the house in order to get through congress and become law. that is where they are stuck right now. they will meet thursday at the white house -- republican and democratic leaders together -- and going to try again to talk, but already it sounds like this will be a difficult conversation. yesterday, the speaker of the house john boehner, republican, put out this sort of...
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that's why the big trade -- that's why the big trade. there's no way we can get the grand bargain going. there's not enough time. what we need to do is not raise the debt ceiling. to these people who say they have paid into social security and how they have paid this and they have paid that -- that is not true. my grandmother, who is taking care of five children of a widowed mother -- money was taken out of her check to pay for social security when there was a whole generation of people who would not reach 65 -- they are the ones who sacrificed. host: house budget chairman paul ryan was on one of the morning shows this morning. here is the ap story. he made those comments on the cbs "the early show." good morning. caller: good morning. i'm thinking about this and thinking that people have been trying to do their own business. there's a woman who came from africa and people did not know how -- she had to go to cosmetology school to get a license to braid hair. growing up, there were barbershops and all kinds of things. they did not go to
that's why the big trade -- that's why the big trade. there's no way we can get the grand bargain going. there's not enough time. what we need to do is not raise the debt ceiling. to these people who say they have paid into social security and how they have paid this and they have paid that -- that is not true. my grandmother, who is taking care of five children of a widowed mother -- money was taken out of her check to pay for social security when there was a whole generation of people who...
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education is a big export. income that comes from overseas and into our pockets, helping to employ americans in the education system. this is certainly a part of that story. those years have to shift to become more globally oriented. host: "demand drives business decisions." michael, democratic caller, minnesota. caller: i would like to comment about the republican guest that you had. i also want to apologize for the caller that attack you. that was very wrong. when the question was as, what was the plan about what would they do -- keep doubled talks and said -- key double talk and said we would decide what we do later. this is why people do not like politicians. it is like voodoo going on here. i am so ashamed that democrats and republicans are not working together. it is important to the world that they see this challenge that is going on. host: our current desk jon hilsenrath,, road -- our current guests jon hilsenrath, -- our current guest, jon hilsenrath, what is the take away benefits -- what is the take
education is a big export. income that comes from overseas and into our pockets, helping to employ americans in the education system. this is certainly a part of that story. those years have to shift to become more globally oriented. host: "demand drives business decisions." michael, democratic caller, minnesota. caller: i would like to comment about the republican guest that you had. i also want to apologize for the caller that attack you. that was very wrong. when the question was...
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let the big boys to see what is going on. if is no place for kids. guest: with respect to medicare, one of the things that is driving the enormous projections of deficits are entitlement programs. they take up an enormous amount of the federal budget. when you read the reports, we are 15-years away from bankrupting the medicare program your payment every month will be far insufficient to make sure that you continue to receive that benefit. it is one of the reasons that republicans have taken a very serious approach to resolving the crisis, that medicare crisis, which will be upon us before we know it. when we pass the budget plan as best year, we said we would take care of folks 55 and older. we also said we will not allow a 15-member board of un elected people to decide her fate and the medical treatment that you will or will not get. we put forth a plan the to make sure that medicare is around for you and the next generation. i hope we can get democrats to join us on that host: plan was theeid's only plan, would you vote for it? guest: i will oppos
let the big boys to see what is going on. if is no place for kids. guest: with respect to medicare, one of the things that is driving the enormous projections of deficits are entitlement programs. they take up an enormous amount of the federal budget. when you read the reports, we are 15-years away from bankrupting the medicare program your payment every month will be far insufficient to make sure that you continue to receive that benefit. it is one of the reasons that republicans have taken a...
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10 years is not big enough. others will vote against it because they will oppose even the slightest revenue increased. the speaker has to be looking to hold on to at least half of his side. he will lead a majority of republicans to vote for such a deal. in the senate, the same thing. a majority of senate democrats will need to vote for its rigid vote for this for a to get through. liberal democrats are more and more annoyed with the president. they think that he is selling out the store of core democratic ideals. that this is what the base of the democratic party expats -- expects. each cut that he gives in on will come back to haunt them next year. host: david, thank you for the follow-up to last night's meeting. caller: take care. host: lots going on, lots to talk about. here is one of the headlines. this is the front page of "the washington times" this sunday morning. "president to continue talks with boehner and others on the way forward." we have a crew on the hill. if folks from congress speak today, we wi
10 years is not big enough. others will vote against it because they will oppose even the slightest revenue increased. the speaker has to be looking to hold on to at least half of his side. he will lead a majority of republicans to vote for such a deal. in the senate, the same thing. a majority of senate democrats will need to vote for its rigid vote for this for a to get through. liberal democrats are more and more annoyed with the president. they think that he is selling out the store of core...
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it's a big defense company being present there or big technology firm or education center. universities are great job hubs and you have a lot of small university towns where the employment structure is based around universitieses. so those are kind of pockets of hope but the overall pick suris relatively grim. host: where are the jobs? from reuters, join us for the next until 8:30. and here's how we divided the lines. if you want to call in. if you are employed and you want to talk about the job market in your area, the numbers are on the bottom of your screen. and if you stopped looking altogether and talk about the job market in your area and talk about why you stopped looking. you can join us off of e-mail and you can join us off of twitter as well. are people moving into these job hubs at a more frequent rate? guest: the data doesn't really suggest that and there is a problem of the housing market does create an impedment to people moving because of course a lot of people have underwater mornls, they have lost money, they are having trouble sellings them. so if you are
it's a big defense company being present there or big technology firm or education center. universities are great job hubs and you have a lot of small university towns where the employment structure is based around universitieses. so those are kind of pockets of hope but the overall pick suris relatively grim. host: where are the jobs? from reuters, join us for the next until 8:30. and here's how we divided the lines. if you want to call in. if you are employed and you want to talk about the...
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that has played a big role. with this agreement, it would allow us to get our products in there at a faster rate and get them to people who produce them. host: last year, u.s.-colombia trade equaled $27 billion. the u.s. imports $15 billion. those include mineral fuel, precious stones, spices, coffee , plants, fruits, and nuts. guest: crude oil is probably one of our biggest imports. i think it is about $10 billion. i think most people are drinking coffee this morning. i did before i left this morning. coffee is a major agricultural imports for us. they grow bananas. when you go into the stores and see fresh fruit -- fresh cut flowers, a lot of those come from colombia. it is several million dollars' worth. is a bigger -- it is a bigger import for us from colombia than bananas. it contributes to our economy. colombian coffee is pretty much everywhere now. it is benefiting those growers. host: huntington beach, california, jerry on the democrats' line. caller: top of the morning to you. one of the callers brought
that has played a big role. with this agreement, it would allow us to get our products in there at a faster rate and get them to people who produce them. host: last year, u.s.-colombia trade equaled $27 billion. the u.s. imports $15 billion. those include mineral fuel, precious stones, spices, coffee , plants, fruits, and nuts. guest: crude oil is probably one of our biggest imports. i think it is about $10 billion. i think most people are drinking coffee this morning. i did before i left this...
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they were making big dollars. when they change things back on the internet, it went straight back to the fox news co.. they took it to court and before the judge. fox settled out of court. then they turned around for $600 million and bought the company. in the stand, right now, that murdoch has -- i understand, right now, that murdoch has immunity. is that true? host: do not know the answer to that. caller: i heard that it was and that did -- and i did now know that it was true or not. if it is, it is just like oliver north back then. hacking is illegal and should be brought on trial. host: from "the financial times" this morning, this is their lead editorial -- host: we have this twitter message -- host: abraham, your arm, we are talking about the impact -- you are on, we are talking about the impact of the phone hacking scandal. caller: rupert murdoch reminds me of nixon. they allowed their subjects to just run amok. should he get immunity? i do not think so. host: chicago, republican. caller: i was calling more
they were making big dollars. when they change things back on the internet, it went straight back to the fox news co.. they took it to court and before the judge. fox settled out of court. then they turned around for $600 million and bought the company. in the stand, right now, that murdoch has -- i understand, right now, that murdoch has immunity. is that true? host: do not know the answer to that. caller: i heard that it was and that did -- and i did now know that it was true or not. if it...
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is too big to downgrade. we have heard the adage "too big to fail." but maybe the u.s. is too big to downgrade. as a reality, it will never default on its treasury obligations. all those discussions are being had a back-and-forth with snb. -- s&p. they have to consider along with moody's and fitch that there is talk of default, and to simply ignore that and not have a plan and thinking behind how they would react to that would be a mistake. that is what we want to happen from the last crisis. we want them to be open, honest, transparent and much more timely in terms of how they are analyzing these credits. i think that is happening. host: if the u.s. were at what point aa, could they reget the aaa rating? guest: there is talk about that, how difficult it is to reverse that position. quite honestly, it is in the hands of the congress to come up with something other than token, and pushing past the 2012 elections, any serious consideration of on the more meaningful package to get revenue and expenditures under control. it me be a process of showing progress, not just toke
is too big to downgrade. we have heard the adage "too big to fail." but maybe the u.s. is too big to downgrade. as a reality, it will never default on its treasury obligations. all those discussions are being had a back-and-forth with snb. -- s&p. they have to consider along with moody's and fitch that there is talk of default, and to simply ignore that and not have a plan and thinking behind how they would react to that would be a mistake. that is what we want to happen from the...
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why big money always have to throw the burden on the backs of the poor. and i know people who will end up out on the streets if they go through with any major cuts in these programs. there is a lot of waste in these programs that could be taken care of. the hierarchies and government -- in government, that just will not let go. it seems like a couple of years ago there was a debate that drag on for months -- that was about health care. now we have another debate is dragging on for months, and now it is the deficit. it is like we are all being deceived. i don't go for conspiracy theories, but it is like our attention has been dragged away from something else that is really going on. host: arthur from corpus christi, texas. next is jackie who is a democrat from indianapolis. caller: good morning para you know -- good morning. you know, i have been watching politics ever since obama was an office and it appears to me, it does not matter what he does, he can't do anything right. as it relates to all of this talk about social security and being labeled as an e
why big money always have to throw the burden on the backs of the poor. and i know people who will end up out on the streets if they go through with any major cuts in these programs. there is a lot of waste in these programs that could be taken care of. the hierarchies and government -- in government, that just will not let go. it seems like a couple of years ago there was a debate that drag on for months -- that was about health care. now we have another debate is dragging on for months, and...
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we have a big, big government, susan, that we can't afford. this, i would argue, is all of our fault. it's not just members of congress' fault. it's all americans' fault, because we've let it get to this point. so now we're all sort of uncomfortable because we've got to make some difficult decisions. we all have to act like grown-ups. host: there are a number of stories about the president and the options available to him. here's just one in the "financial times." it says, obama faces legal dilemmas as time runs out. there are discussions about whether he can issue an executive order about the debt ceiling or use the 14th amendment to the constitution. if the president chooses to act independently, what would your reaction be? >> i'd be very disappointed. i think most of congress would be disappointed. i hope he wouldn't do this. with an issue this big, which is just a step in our debt crisis, i think the solution has to be a solution that most american people, again, reflected by this body up here, support. it would be very dangerous, i think
we have a big, big government, susan, that we can't afford. this, i would argue, is all of our fault. it's not just members of congress' fault. it's all americans' fault, because we've let it get to this point. so now we're all sort of uncomfortable because we've got to make some difficult decisions. we all have to act like grown-ups. host: there are a number of stories about the president and the options available to him. here's just one in the "financial times." it says, obama faces...